Emission inventory

Isoprene

Satellite-derived isoprene emission estimates based on bias-corrected OMI HCHO (2005-2017)

 

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Top-down monthly isoprene emission distributions in 2017 (in 1010 molecules cm-2 s-1).

MonthlySpatial isoprene TDOMIinventory website

About the data

Using global bias-corrected satellite columns of HCHO retrieved from the OMI sensor (De Smedt et al. 2018) over 2005-2017 as constraints in the MAGRITTEv1.1 chemistry-transport model (Müller et al. 2019), we derive satellite-based estimates of isoprene on a monthly basis (Müller et al. 2024).

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Both the top-down emissions and the a priori emissions (from MEGAN) are here available in NetCDF format in 2°x2.5° monthly resolution:

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Acknowledgements

The development of this dataset was made possible thanks to support of the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) through the PRODEX TROVA project (2021-2023) and the EQUATOR project (2021-2024).

 

Dataset citation

Müller, J.-F., T. Stavrakou, G.-M. Oomen, B. Opacka, I. De Smedt, A. Guenther, C. Vigouroux, B. Langerock, C. A. Bauer Aquino, T. Blumenstock, M. Grutter, J. W. Hannigan, N. Jones, R. Kivi, E. Lutsch, E. Mahieu, M. Makarova, J.-M. Metzger, I. Morino, I. Murata, T. Nagahama, J. Notholt, I. Ortega,  M. Palm, A. Röhling, D. Smale, W. Stremme, K. Strong, R. Sussmann, Y. Té, H. Winkler, A. Fried and T. Hanisco: Bias characterization of OMI HCHO columns  based on FTIR columns and aircraft measurements and impact on top-down emission estimates. Atmos. Chem. Phys. EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2456, 2024.

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  • Müller, J.-F., T. Stavrakou, and J. Peeters: Chemistry and deposition in the Model of Atmospheric composition at Global and Regional scales using Inversion Techniques for Trace Gas Emissions (MAGRITTE v1.1). Part A. Chemical mechanism, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 2307-2356, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2307-2019, 2019.

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